{"id":169139,"date":"2025-07-11T20:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T19:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/loyal-to-buhari-wont-work-for-atiku-garba-shehu"},"modified":"2025-07-11T21:33:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:33:47","slug":"loyal-to-buhari-wont-work-for-atiku-garba-shehu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/loyal-to-buhari-wont-work-for-atiku-garba-shehu","title":{"rendered":"Loyal to Buhari Won&#8217;t Work for Atiku Garba Shehu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has vowed never to return to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu disclosed that he remains loyal to Buhari even after leaving office.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed this in an interview with TVC News programme: Beyond The Headlines, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The former presidential spokesman said: \u201cLet me tell you, if you have integrity and I\u2019m not pretending that I have, people should judge for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a man should serve only one master at a time. You can\u2019t serve two masters at the same time, otherwise, you are deceiving yourself or them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m currently with Muhammadu Buhari, however, if you are looking to make an example of me with some of the characters you just mentioned, I\u2019m not in that mode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I speak for Buhari these days, I do so out of commitment for a leader who gave me his absolute trust and I feel that he needs my support, otherwise, I would have done like others did, walk away and start something else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m happy that I\u2019m still on his side and he is not as active politically as you had before, certainly not as president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven the statements we make on his behalf, you can see that they are very occasional and specific as we don\u2019t want to meddle in issues, otherwise, people will think that there are two presidents in a country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only president at the moment is President Bola Tinubu and Buhari will not be contesting the space with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has vowed never to return to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Shehu disclosed that he remains loyal to Buhari even after leaving office. He disclosed this in an interview with TVC News programme: Beyond The Headlines, on Thursday. 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